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单词 backbench
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backbench

(bækbentʃ)
adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
A backbench MP is a Member of Parliament who is not a minister and who does not hold an official position in his or her political party.
[British, Australian]
Some backbench MPs have threatened to rebel.
Such a motion is considered a test of backbench opinion.

backbench in British English

(ˈbækbɛntʃ)
adjective
British, Australian and New Zealand
involving backbenchers
Such a motion is considered a test of backbench opinion.
The government could be facing a backbench rebellion on this issue.
a backbench MP

Examples of 'backbench' in a sentence
backbench

The coalition government won the vote to treble fees to 9,000 a year despite three junior ministerial resignations and a backbench rebellion.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
MINISTERS yesterday survived a backbench rebellion over controversial planning changes - but only after a major climbdown.
The Sun (2013)
The Conservative backbench 1922 committee pilloried her for it.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The Foreign Secretary confirmed the move in a bid to head off a growing backbench rebellion.
The Sun (2013)
But instead, it is likely to provoke a backbench rebellion in the Commons.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They exhibit a discomfort with science that is shared by most junior ministers, backbench MPs and officials.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
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